Media Shops

Mission/Vision

The Media Shops Group consists of people who are involved and/or are interested in media production and/or delivery at UW-Madison.
This group hopes to:

  • Share information and collaborate on projects. Make each others lives easier by being able to identify and collaborate with people working on similar projects. Potentially help all of our facilities balance work loads.
  • Make each other aware of the services and expertise other groups/individuals have on campus (Networking)
  • Group problem solving
  • Represent media groups at the system level
  • Talk about topics that are of general interest to media shop groups

This wiki is for UW-Madison Media Shops to share information and collaborate. If you have any suggestions or requests for the wiki, please email jmharder@doit.wisc.edu

Meetings

  • Our meetings page contains information about upcoming and past meetings. You can also find a page for posting ideas for future Media Shops meetings.

Represented Campus Groups and Members

  • A listing of the groups and members of the Media Shops group. You will find contact information here.

Media Shop Projects

  • More Coming Soon

Resources

Mailing List & Discussion

See Below for Recent Updates

10-28-2009 Planning Meeting

Date: 
10/28/2009 - 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Location: 
DMC Classroom (425 Henry Mall, Room 1240)

 

Purpose

During the past year of Media Shops meetings I had many requests to create a formalized, more active group out of the Media Shops group. A group that could represent the various interests of the Media Shops on campus. The purpose for this meeting will be to start moving in that direction

Summary (Decisions, Action Items, and Tabled Items): 

Botched the Signup Feature

Apparently I totally botched the sign up feature. I'll have to find out from John Thomson how to use this. Until then, I'm kicking it old school and just listing the attendees.

Attendees

  • Anna Lewis
  • Theresa Saldana
  • Cheryl Diermyer
  • Alice Anderson
  • Dennis Renzel
  • Clark Thomson
  • Dusty Smith
  • Dave Deavereaux-Weber
  • Bob Ash
  • Robin Davies
  • Mike Killips

Things to Do in Upcoming Session

Professional Development

Final Cut Pro Training

  • There was discussion about bringing in a trainer to give professional development to a large group of us.
  • This would focus on medium to advanced level FCP training --> some suggested a "tips & tricks" session
  • If this would be done as a Prof Dev. Grant would need to be submitted something in Jan - Mar 2010
    • If we decide to go down the Prof Dev. path, Josh would like to form a working group to work on the proposal.
  • We also discussed having someone from PTE give us a training session
    • Probably Braden Bruington
    • Josh said he would contact him
  • Another FCP trainer could be MATC
  • Josh will explore the PTE path first and then we will go down the other paths, if that is a no go

Production Techniques

  • This training would focus more on the art of getting good video, lighting, sound, etc.
  • The actual creation of video.

Presentation Ideas

Remote Instruction

  • Adobe Connect
  • Josh said he would contact Jeff Bohrer to arrange for the eLearning PA to do a presentation on the tool and how to buy it

HD Roundtable Part 2

  • An open discussion about issues with HD.
  • This session will not be necessarily run by anyone but rather a chance for members of the campus to bring thoughts, ideas, issues, and solutions about HD video to an open discussion.
  • Josh suggested that we create a wiki page to create more focused topic areas.

High Performance Network

  • Dave Devereaux-Weber volunteered to do a presentation on how to best optomize your network for high-speed transmission of data.
  • Josh suggested that this also might be a good time to give an update on the current state of Daytan.
  • Dave said this may also be a good time to present on how to set up a live internet video event.

CMS Head-to-Head

  • Multiple members of the media shops group have to deal with supporting faculty members that are interested in multiple CMSes, including Moodle, Drupal, and L@UW.
  • It was suggested that we have one presentation where representatives from each camp do a compare and contrast
    • This would assist media shop members with consulting faculty members.
    • The main goal would be to find out what each does well and not so well so media shop members have the tools they need to suggest the right option.
  • Dusty Smith said he would contact Paul Oliphant to be the Moodle (eCOW2) representative.
  • Josh Harder spoke with Dennis Renzel about possibly having Doug Worsham be the Drupal Representative.
  • Josh Harder said he would connect with Jeff Bohrer to find a good L@UW representative.
  • It was also suggested that each rep. being given a common task that can be done in all 3 CMS and then we can see how one achieves this task. For example, setting up a quiz, embedding video, etc.

Digital Repositories

  • Anna Lewis suggested the topic of Digital Repositories.
  • Another media shops member said that other groups on campus involved with this topic are Minds@UW and Wisconsin Public Television (WPT)
  • Anna Lewis said that she would explore this presentation topic further
  • This could also be a good group to ask the question, "What would you want out of a digital repository?"

Lecture Capture Update

  • The Media Shops group expressed great interest in getting an update on the Lecture Capture pilot.
  • It was suggested that this would be a good thing for Brian Deith to talk to us about.
  • Josh said he would contact Brian and ask if he is interested

Online Presentation Tools

  • The topic of eTEACH was brought up for a presentation.
  • Josh suggested rather than just a presentation on eTEACH it should be a presentation on the presenation tools, eTEACH, Articulate Presenter, Adobe Captivate and possibly Adobe Presenter.
  • Josh said he would think about this, but he may need to wait due to other commitments

WebCheckout

  • Josh and the DMC are exploring using WebCheckout to manager resource reservations and checkout.
  • When Josh mentioned this to the group it seemed like there was interest.
  • Josh said he would contact his WebCheckout sales rep to see if he would be interested in presenting to the group.

Troy Reeves

  • In email communication with Josh, Troy expressed an interest in doing a presentation for something he has cooking.
  • Josh will communicate with Troy to find out more.

Media Shop Census Working Group

One of Josh's goals with this session of Media Shops is to get a comprehensive list of Media Shops on the UW-Madison. This list would be promoted and linked to by the various entities on campus. It would be a good reasource for faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduates for finding the services that are right for them.

Volunteers

  • Bob Ash
  • Dave Deavereaux-Weber
  • Linda
  • Dennis Renzel
  • Theresa Saldaña
  • Josh Harder

Outline of Tasks

  1. Define Specifications
    1. We need to define what information we want to gather from the different media groups on campus.
  2. Define Who Should be on the List
    1. We need to come up with a definition of who should be on this list.
      1. If it is just one person in a department providing services to a small group, should he/she be on the list?
  3. Define the Information Gathering Mechanism
    1. Once we have decided what information to gather and who should be on the list, we need to figure out the best way to gather information
      1. Mass email with a link to a Google form?
      2. Mass email with a link to a survey?
      3. Something else?
  4. Define the Information Repository
    1. Once we get the information, where do we put it?
    2. I suggested we keep things simple and just have a website hosted somewhere. It could just contain an HTML table that lists the shops and the specifications we decided on.
    3. Are there other options?
  5. Define a Communications Plan
    1. Gathering information, creating a list, and posting it online means nothing if nobody looks at it.
    2. We need to decide what mechanisms we should use to promote the list.
    3. I also think an important component is getting entities on campus to link to it and also give up there own lists and link to this one.
  6. Define a Maintenance Plan
    1. A major failure with previous lists of this type is that they become outdated.
    2. We need to come up with a plan for keep this list up-to-date as media shop come into existence and go away; as website URLs change, etc

Action Items

  • Josh will contact PTE to see if they would be interested in hosting the FCP training
    • If not, Josh will pursue setting up a working group to get a Prof Dev. grant going.
    • UPDATE: Peter Kleppin has indicated that he would like to assist with this. If not in training with PTE, then perhaps in assisting with getting the Prof Dev Grant through.
  • Josh will contact Jeff Bohrer of the eLearning group to see if they can do an Adobe Connect presentation.
    • UPDATE: Josh contacted Jeff Bohrer's PA and he indicated that he would be ready for a presenation at any point and time.
    • NEW ACTION ITEM: Josh will arrange a time for this presentation.
  • Josh will create a wiki page where Media Shop members can contribute topics for the HD Roundtable Part 2
  • Josh will work with Dave Deavereaux-Weber to finalize a time for his presentation
  • Dennis Renzel will contact Doug Worsham about the CMS head-to-head
    • UPDATE: Josh was contacted by Doug who said he would be up for this kind of presenation
  • Dusty Smith will contact Paul Oliphant about the CMS head-to-head
    • UPDATE: Dusty contacted Josh and said that Paul is up for the presentation as well
  • Josh Harder will contact Jeff Bohrer about the CMC head-to-head
  • Linda will pursue the idea of a presentation on Digital Repositories.
  • Josh will contact Brian Deith about doing a lecture capture update.
  • Josh will think about doing an online presentation tools presentation, but he has to think about it because his name appears in many places on this page. :)
  • Josh will contact his sales rep from WebCheckout to see if he can arrange a time and place for demo.
    • UPDATE: Josh contacted Dan Pyne and he said he would do a demo
    • NEW ACTION ITEM: Josh will set up a time for this presentation
  • Josh will communicate more with Troy about his presentation.
  • Josh will create a working space on this wiki for the Media Shops Census Working group and arrange next meeting to go over goals

10-28-2009 Planning Meeting

Date: 
10/28/2009 - 3:15pm - 4:30pm
Location: 
DMC Classroom (425 Henry Mall, Room 1240)

Purpose

6-24-2009 Guest Speaker, Louis E. King, Digital Materials for Academic Discourse and Discovery

For those of you who were unable to attend this meeting here is a video of the Adobe Connect session: